Regional Update: U.S. Sanctions against Iran, AFRICOM in Tunisia and Algeria, & Normalization of Israel

<p>SWANA collective members Nyma Ardalan and Hamoud Salhi &nbsp;for a discussion of news from the region.&nbsp;Nyma questions Hamoud on how &nbsp;academicians and civil society in the SWANA region are addressing &nbsp;normalization with Israel.&nbsp;They will also review the reasons for the &nbsp;recent visits of African Command (AFRICOM) leadership to Tunisia and &nbsp;Algeria. Finally,&nbsp;they discuss the recent U.S. sanctions against &nbsp;Iran.&nbsp;Nyma and Hamoud will exchange their ideas of where the US is &nbsp;taking us with these sanctions. Some say it is to War. Others feel it is &nbsp;going nowhere. Which is it? Is the truth somewhere in between?&nbsp;</p>